OKC

Just cruised in to Oklahoma City. The weather is finally what I expected down here. Sunny during the day and crisp and cool at night. I was afraid that I had permanently brought the northern cold down south with me. I was just reading about the rep for Oklahoma City who said that Gays are a bigger threat to America than terrorists. What is it with people? Are they really so uncomfortable and so afraid? Today’s big political news is the storm back in New York over Eliot Spitzer and his thousand dollar prostitutes. Part of me truly doesn’t care and part of me has to wonder about a man who is so confused that he would actually prosecute one prostitution ring while hiring another. He should probably resign for that hypocrisy alone. As far as the bigger battle goes, seems like we’re going to go all the way to August. I am continuously amazed by what a mess the democratic system is in the United States. Anytime a contest is close we seem to learn how flawed and confusing the rules are.
I spent last week visiting the legit world of the tuba at Texas State University in San Marcos. I’ve got to say I had a great time. I was pretty nervous about how things would go over but everyone there was extremely open minded. It was a totally different experience for me as I’m used to rock clubs and such. I can barely remember the last time I was on stage in a concert hall at an academic institution. I used to get really nervous but I guess the key to that was just being really comfortable with the music you’re playing and I surely am that by now. I’ve got a few more shows to go here before getting to Austin for SXSW where I’m certain David Geffen is just waiting to sign me to a really big contract…
Tonight’s show in OKC was not great but let me tell ya a weird little story. At my instore in Dallas, Texas at Good Records I asked the guy there to recommend a cd. He suggested a band called HolyFuck. I liked the cd and bought it. So today before my show I open up the paper and they’re playing this same night down the street from me. A weird coincidence. So I go down there to say hello and see when their show is and I run in to Jay, one of the bartenders at Piano’s in NYC where I play my weekly show. His band is opening up. Two coincidences together make one big fat weird coincidence…